I am Thantis's Broken Combat by travpatrick89

Format: Commander

Commander: Thantis, the Warweaver

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Jund combat-control strategy built around Thantis, the Warweaver. The primary game plan revolves around accelerating mana in the early turns to deploy Thantis by Turn 5, imposing a mandatory combat mandate on the entire table. By forcing opponents to attack each turn, the deck dismantles opposing defensive setups, strips away utility creatures in forced blocks, and channels aggression away from itself using goad effects, deathtouch deterrents, and combat-prevention spells like Fog and Defend the Hearth. The deck closes out games by dropping powerful damage doublers and aggressive engines such as Avatar of Slaughter, Rite of the Raging Storm, and Dictate of the Twin Gods, turning forced aggression into lethal combat steps. Supported by resilient beaters like Archon of Cruelty and Brash Taunter, the list maintains solid independence from its commander while grinding out multiplayer victories.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agitator Ant
  • 1 Arasta of the Endless Web
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Attercop
  • 1 Avatar of Slaughter
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Brawn
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Coram, the Undertaker
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of Bloodletting
  • 1 Curse of Hospitality
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Curse of Predation
  • 1 Deadbridge Chant
  • 1 Deadly Recluse
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Defend the Hearth
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Edge of Autumn
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explosive Vegetation
  • 1 Final Act
  • 1 Fog
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Frenzied Saddlebrute
  • 1 Frontier Warmonger
  • 1 Garruk, Apex Predator
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Grow from the Ashes
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hatchery Spider
  • 1 Hell's Kitchen
  • 1 Hidden Spider
  • 1 Hunter's Ambush
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Ishkanah, Grafwidow
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lolth, Spider Queen
  • 1 Loyal Guardian
  • 1 Lull
  • 1 Maelstrom Pulse
  • 1 Mortal's Resolve
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Oviya, Automech Artisan
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to the Festival
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ranger's Guile
  • 1 Reap the Past
  • 1 Recollect
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Revealing Wind
  • 1 Rite of the Raging Storm
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Sawhorn Nemesis
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shiny Impetus
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 1 Sporeweb Weaver
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terrifying Presence
  • 1 Thantis, the Warweaver
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Twisted Landscape
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Vengeful Ancestor
  • 1 Vraska Joins Up
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent